State Involvement

At yesterday's WWHD meeting at town hall Marian Heyman of the Connecticut Department of Public Health was asked to present to the parents on the air quality condition at King's Highway School. Ms. Heyman let us know that her tour of the school was brief. She summarized her brief walk-through by saying that in her opinion the school is safe. Her situation slide was blank.

Parents questioned what background she had been given about the situation at King's Highway School. Here are some of the questions from the 50 plus parents in attendance and Ms. Heyman's answers that evening:

1. Had she received or reviewed the Sep 2006 report? No
2. Had she received or reviewed the 2001 report? No
3. Had she received a copy of the documentation we sent to Elliott Landon? No
4. Had she entered the pod? No
5. Did she see the mold in room 28 that we photographed less than 48 hours prior? No
6. Did she interview the teachers in the affected classrooms? No
7. Did she review maintenance records on how & when the pod was boarded up? No
8. Did she test or cut away sections to look in the walls of the affected classrooms? No
9. Did she test or cut away sections of walls near the pod? No
10. Was she aware of how the carpet was removed from room 28? No
11. Was she aware that after the carpet was removed from room 28 that tile was laid without the sub-floor being cleaned according to health standards? No
    
12. Did she know about the concentrated health incidents in room 28? No
13. Was she aware that the administration had not followed the Sep 2006 consultant recommendations with regard to the pod? No
14. Did she read a 5/15 memo between school administrators stating "there is absolutely no evidence that there is a problem with mold at King's Highway School" when the Sep 2006 report stated there were "unacceptable" levels of mold and those had not been remediated? No
    

Today Mr. Landon's lawyer let our committee know that he will not allow the tests that we request and we are willing to pay for out of our own pockets. One of his reasons is that Ms. Heyman had said during her presentation that the school is safe.